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Originally Posted by ultramar
This is off-topic, but BPD and BP are two completely different things. The one thing they have in common is mood dysregulation and, usually not always, depression. However duration is very different, and full-blown mania is not seen in BPD. Also BPD is characterized by a lot of interpersonal issues (which also tend to trigger intense and often short-lived mood swings). It's more complicated than this, but in brief, they have things in common, yes, but are ultimately very different animals altogether.
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Yes they are, one a personality disorder the other a mood disorder. But if you look at medication used in borderline you will see mood stabilizers, and anti- psychotics. Full blown mania is not seen in bipolar 2. Like I said if you read the latest on borderline they are thinking about classifying it as a variant of bipolar disorder.
Within bipolar disorder there are many variants as many members on here can attest. Two years ago I spent 2 weeks at John Hopkins Hospital, number one in the country for bipolar. My doctor DR. Karen Swartz MD is head of the bipolar unit. She was my doctor and said in 20 years I was the worst case of rapid cycling Bipolar 1 she had ever seen. She suspected this was due in part to the fact I was given antidepressants too many times. I am 57 and had my first episode at 15. The rapid cycling started about 9 years ago. She also mentioned that ultra ultra rapid cycling bipolar does exist. Again usually the misuse of anti depressants is to blame.
I think on some levels the lines are blurred. And if you are ultimately
taking about getting the right medication based on a BP or BPD diagnosis you are probably ok. Just watch the antidepressants if you are bipolar.